The Ragged Trousered Philatilist
@ianandriley.bsky.social
It’s all my own hair….
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Brexit was an obvious loser from its conception.
November 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Brexit was an obvious loser from its conception.
Not really a surprise
UK a mirror of the US
Lots of Rich people blaming immigrants or scroungers for the poverty of the working class while carefully avoiding tax and buying influence
Tax the Rich! It’s not anti success it’s common sense
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK a mirror of the US
Lots of Rich people blaming immigrants or scroungers for the poverty of the working class while carefully avoiding tax and buying influence
Tax the Rich! It’s not anti success it’s common sense
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Unelected power’ of ultra-rich is reshaping British politics, report claims
Equality Trust study shows how House of Lords appointments, big donations and media ownership affect political decisions
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Not really a surprise
UK a mirror of the US
Lots of Rich people blaming immigrants or scroungers for the poverty of the working class while carefully avoiding tax and buying influence
Tax the Rich! It’s not anti success it’s common sense
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK a mirror of the US
Lots of Rich people blaming immigrants or scroungers for the poverty of the working class while carefully avoiding tax and buying influence
Tax the Rich! It’s not anti success it’s common sense
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
One for the Brits on here. Morning #Nigelyouracistprick
November 26, 2025 at 8:07 AM
One for the Brits on here. Morning #Nigelyouracistprick
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This man has made a career from xenophobia and racism. He currently heads an extremist party. Listen carefully to how he answers the questions, we know what he is, because once in no.10, he will reveal himself.
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 AM
This man has made a career from xenophobia and racism. He currently heads an extremist party. Listen carefully to how he answers the questions, we know what he is, because once in no.10, he will reveal himself.
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The only way to stop awful behaviour by companies like @ryanairofficial.bsky.social is to boycott them.
Unless Ryanair (who are normally extremely active on social media) would like to make a suitable gesture to the Doctor in question in the article?
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Unless Ryanair (who are normally extremely active on social media) would like to make a suitable gesture to the Doctor in question in the article?
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
As a doctor I stepped in to tend to an elderly passenger … but it won’t waive £100 transfer fee to rebook
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 10:33 AM
The only way to stop awful behaviour by companies like @ryanairofficial.bsky.social is to boycott them.
Unless Ryanair (who are normally extremely active on social media) would like to make a suitable gesture to the Doctor in question in the article?
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Unless Ryanair (who are normally extremely active on social media) would like to make a suitable gesture to the Doctor in question in the article?
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
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Dear UK: You don’t pay enough taxes to have an NHS that doesn’t run on immigration and immigrant labour.
Sorry to be brutally honest but it’s how it is
Sorry to be brutally honest but it’s how it is
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Dear UK: You don’t pay enough taxes to have an NHS that doesn’t run on immigration and immigrant labour.
Sorry to be brutally honest but it’s how it is
Sorry to be brutally honest but it’s how it is
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
This is an absolute disgrace.
Whatever photos or compromat that Putin has on Trump - it must be horrendous
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Whatever photos or compromat that Putin has on Trump - it must be horrendous
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US tells Nato if Zelenskyy does not sign peace deal Ukraine will face worse in future
US army secretary briefs ambassadors at ‘nightmare meeting’ in Kyiv on Friday after talks with Ukrainian leader
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This is an absolute disgrace.
Whatever photos or compromat that Putin has on Trump - it must be horrendous
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Whatever photos or compromat that Putin has on Trump - it must be horrendous
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Today the former head of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill, will be sentenced for taking bribes from Russia. Needless to say, I hardly knew him, let alone the wife of the Russian he paid bribes to.
November 21, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Today the former head of Reform in Wales, Nathan Gill, will be sentenced for taking bribes from Russia. Needless to say, I hardly knew him, let alone the wife of the Russian he paid bribes to.
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Cue Tommy Robinson’s fans flocking to the comments
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Cue Tommy Robinson’s fans flocking to the comments
What on earth is the Labour Party for if it doesn’t even evaluate wealth taxes
Maybe the Lib Dems and Greens can put a paper forward and embarass the government into doing something moral
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Maybe the Lib Dems and Greens can put a paper forward and embarass the government into doing something moral
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reeves should put wealth tax on the budget table | Letter
Letter: Tom Burgess of Taxpayers Against Poverty says the public and a significant number of Labour MPs are in favour of such a tax
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 PM
What on earth is the Labour Party for if it doesn’t even evaluate wealth taxes
Maybe the Lib Dems and Greens can put a paper forward and embarass the government into doing something moral
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Maybe the Lib Dems and Greens can put a paper forward and embarass the government into doing something moral
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Who you vote for… matters 👇🏼👇🏼
November 16, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Who you vote for… matters 👇🏼👇🏼
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Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
Just get on with raising income tax.
Do it in concert with raising the lower limit to move some lower paid out of tax (but still raise money)
Equalise dividend tax and income tax
Introduce a wealth tax
Introduce an exit tax
And sell the benefits of public spending you absolute morons
Do it in concert with raising the lower limit to move some lower paid out of tax (but still raise money)
Equalise dividend tax and income tax
Introduce a wealth tax
Introduce an exit tax
And sell the benefits of public spending you absolute morons
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Just get on with raising income tax.
Do it in concert with raising the lower limit to move some lower paid out of tax (but still raise money)
Equalise dividend tax and income tax
Introduce a wealth tax
Introduce an exit tax
And sell the benefits of public spending you absolute morons
Do it in concert with raising the lower limit to move some lower paid out of tax (but still raise money)
Equalise dividend tax and income tax
Introduce a wealth tax
Introduce an exit tax
And sell the benefits of public spending you absolute morons
Ok, I’ve got a different approach to Trump’s threat to sue the BBC
He should be allowed to sue and we as a country should be allowed to counter sue for every lie that he has promulgated. Starting with the lies about his sex with underage girls
He should be allowed to sue and we as a country should be allowed to counter sue for every lie that he has promulgated. Starting with the lies about his sex with underage girls
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Ok, I’ve got a different approach to Trump’s threat to sue the BBC
He should be allowed to sue and we as a country should be allowed to counter sue for every lie that he has promulgated. Starting with the lies about his sex with underage girls
He should be allowed to sue and we as a country should be allowed to counter sue for every lie that he has promulgated. Starting with the lies about his sex with underage girls
Am I the only one that hopes that the UK court system tells the Mango Mussolini to do one?
www.theguardian.com/media/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/media/live/2...
Donald Trump threatens BBC with $1bn lawsuit as chair says speech edit was ‘error of judgment’ – latest updates
BBC chair Samir Shah apologises for way in which speech from US president was edited after corporation’s two most senior executives resign
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Am I the only one that hopes that the UK court system tells the Mango Mussolini to do one?
www.theguardian.com/media/live/2...
www.theguardian.com/media/live/2...
I am the only one that finds this difficult to understand? Trump signs executive order to slash prices of obesity drugs
I thought that the US were very negative about state control / communism etc and loved the free market. Surely setting the price by executive diktat is state control.
I thought that the US were very negative about state control / communism etc and loved the free market. Surely setting the price by executive diktat is state control.
November 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
I am the only one that finds this difficult to understand? Trump signs executive order to slash prices of obesity drugs
I thought that the US were very negative about state control / communism etc and loved the free market. Surely setting the price by executive diktat is state control.
I thought that the US were very negative about state control / communism etc and loved the free market. Surely setting the price by executive diktat is state control.
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Court convicts two donors for illegally diverting £100k to Eurosceptic think tank run by Nigel Farage's girlfriend. She definitely doesn't sound like the sort of person who would get involved with tax fraud on a house purchase.
November 5, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Court convicts two donors for illegally diverting £100k to Eurosceptic think tank run by Nigel Farage's girlfriend. She definitely doesn't sound like the sort of person who would get involved with tax fraud on a house purchase.
Gotta love it when someone calls them out.
Now we watch the inevitable media pile on (as required by the billionaire owners)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Now we watch the inevitable media pile on (as required by the billionaire owners)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why the anger with Billie Eilish? Because it’s against the rules to say what we all know about billionaires | Zoe Williams
The singer is giving away millions – but the parameters for criticising the super-rich are very narrow, and hardly anyone qualifies, says Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Gotta love it when someone calls them out.
Now we watch the inevitable media pile on (as required by the billionaire owners)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Now we watch the inevitable media pile on (as required by the billionaire owners)
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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🚨NEW - Train hero who saved passengers during attack confuses racists by being a Muslim
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Train hero who saved passengers during attack confuses racists by being a Muslim
Samir Zoutini, a heroic GNER staff member whose incredible bravery saved lives during the mass stabbing on Saturday, has confounded racists by being a Muslim.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:53 PM
🚨NEW - Train hero who saved passengers during attack confuses racists by being a Muslim
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😂👏 Christmas sponsored by Reform UK
November 4, 2025 at 10:22 AM
😂👏 Christmas sponsored by Reform UK
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‘Olives are everything for us’: West Bank farmers prevented from harvesting by settler violence
‘Olives are everything for us’: West Bank farmers prevented from harvesting by settler violence
About 70% of town’s olives are inaccessible without risking a potentially fatal clash with Israeli settlers
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:52 AM
‘Olives are everything for us’: West Bank farmers prevented from harvesting by settler violence
How on earth is this legal? How can a standing president threaten to withhold funding based on voters democratic choices.
Where is the outrage?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Where is the outrage?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump threatens to cut funds if ‘communist’ Mamdani wins mayoral election
President backs Cuomo in election eve Truth Social post as Mamdani hits back at Trump’s ‘threat – it is not the law’
www.theguardian.com
November 4, 2025 at 8:58 AM
How on earth is this legal? How can a standing president threaten to withhold funding based on voters democratic choices.
Where is the outrage?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Where is the outrage?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...